"I wish them the best and I think they could win the trophy", Barca defender Gerard Pique told reporters.
Ronaldo hailed Zidane's repeated courageous decisions to rest him throughout the course of the campaign for his upturn in form at the most crucial part of the season.
Two of Cristiano Ronaldo's three goals were clearly off side, adding to Bayern's frustration and anger with the referee's decisions after being eliminated by a Spanish team for the fourth consecutive time in the competition.
"This robbery cannot go on in the Champions League".
The Bavarians cancelled out their 2-1 quarter-final first- leg defeat to take the game to extra time in Madrid.
But they had Arturo Vidal sent off with a controversial second booking, eventually losing 4-2 - 6-3 on aggregate - to miss out on the biggest club prize in Europe and have goalkeeper Manuel Neuer ruled out for eight weeks with a broken foot. Last year, it lost in a penalty shootout. "I'll stick with the good things, the team were very good, we played very well".
"What you see Cristiano doing is really impressive", Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said.
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"He sustained the injury during the third goal, which was offside". His third goal of the night and fifth of the tie saw him become the first player to reach 100 goals in the Champions League, and the four-times World Player of the Year put his finger to his lips to the supporters who had booed him earlier.
But the hosts didn't escape moments later when referee Viktor Kassai pointed to the spot as Robben went down under a challenge from Casemiro.
Lionel Messi came closest to giving Barca a route back into the contest with four strikes at goal but failed to hit the target with any of them and frequently came up short against Juve's intimidating centre-back pairing of Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci.
Marcelo made a miraculous block to deny Thiago Alcantara before former Real winger Arjen Robben scuffed into the side-netting on his trusted left foot. "We are going to fight for it".
"Maybe they will not whistle Ronaldo any more".
If he keeps playing the way he did in the two games against Bayern, he likely won't have to worry about being jeered anymore.
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